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Yuen Kun Yeu v Attorney-General of Hong Kong

[1987] UKPC 16; [1988] AC 175; [1987] 3 WLR 776; [1987] 2 All ER 705

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong)

Year1987

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Foreseeability of harm alone is insufficient to ground a duty of care; a close and direct relationship of proximity is required, and a statutory regulator owes no common-law duty of care to those its supervisory scheme indirectly affects unless proximity is established.

Area of Law

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